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The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern FinanceAcclaimed by The Wall Street Journal as 'brilliantly researched and written,' the book tells the rich, panoramic story of four generations of Morgans and the powerful, secretive firms they spawned. It is the definitive account of the rise of the modern financial world
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The Socrates Express: In Search of Life Lessons from Dead PhilosophersThe New York Times bestselling author of The Geography of Bliss embarks on a rollicking intellectual journey, following in the footsteps of history’s greatest thinkers and showing us how each—from Epicurus to Gandhi, Thoreau to Beauvoir—offers practical and spiritual lessons for today’s unsettled times.
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High Output ManagementA practical handbook for navigating real-life business scenarios and a powerful management manifesto with the ability to revolutionize the way we work.
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12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to ChaosWhat does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning revelations of cutting-edge scientific research.
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The Great Money Reset: Change Your Work, Change Your Wealth, Change Your LifeTen timely financial steps to build the life you really want.
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The Great Reset: And the War for the WorldAlex Jones gives you a full analysis of The Great Reset, the global elite's international conspiracy to enslave humanity and all life on the planet.
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Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology OrganizationsHow can we apply technology to drive business value? For years, we've been told that the performance of software delivery teams doesn't matter―that it can't provide a competitive advantage to our companies. Through four years of groundbreaking research to include data collected from the State of DevOps reports conducted with Puppet, Dr. Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim set out to find a way to measure software delivery performance―and what drives it―using rigorous statistical methods.
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The Panama Papers: Breaking the Story of How the Rich and Powerful Hide Their MoneyObermayer and fellow Suddeutsche journalist Frederik Obermaier find themselves immersed in the secret world where complex networks of letterbox companies help the super-rich to hide their money. Faced with the contents of the largest data leak in history, they activate an international network of journalists to follow every possible line of inquiry. Operating in the strictest secrecy for over a year, they uncover cases involving European prime ministers and international dictators, emirs and kings, celebrities and aristocrats.
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AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Futuren a groundbreaking blend of science and imagination, the former president of Google China and a leading writer of speculative fiction join forces to answer an urgent question: How will artificial intelligence change our world over the next twenty years?
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Capitalism and Freedomn this classic book, Milton Friedman provides the definitive statement of an immensely influential economic philosophy—one in which competitive capitalism serves as both a device for achieving economic freedom and a necessary condition for political freedom.